"Twenty million? How many people are there!? "Denzel exclaimed.
"No less than twenty million." Sir Arthur looked at the ghouls approaching the city wall and sighed. "According to the Queen's estimation, the world's population is only one-third of what it was before the sun was extinguished. If a narrow sea city-state like Pentos falls as well, then the human race is doomed."
"…" Denzel was confused and shocked.
In fact, the real death toll was far more than twenty million.
It had been more than half a year since the Faceless Deviant Ghosts' outbreak. The Dragon Queen's hell had collected more than fifteen million souls, all of them from the continent of Ursos. One-tenth of them died of hunger and illness, while the rest died from the tide of zombies.
Just the Razed Land alone contributed ten million souls.
In this era, because the rich kept slaves and remote villages were difficult to manage, the population of a country was almost impossible to calculate. But generally, they could be divided into the "countrymen" in the cities and the "barbarians" in the remote mountains.
The countrymen had the opportunity to receive atonement scrolls from the seven gods, but the barbarians had never even heard of the Holy Mother.
The total population of the Razed Land was close to twenty million. Among the souls that entered hell, more than ninety percent did not have atonement scrolls at all. They could enter hell only because of one person, Erya.
Erya exercised her authority as a stranger and stayed in the World of Death twenty-four hours a day. She used a method close to plundering to search for souls that entered the World of Death.
Many believers of Lahlo, the Night Lion, and the Pale Holy Child were also robbed by her. The Night Lion's main body was not in the Razed Land, and their faith was damaged, so they could not snatch as much as the Grim Reaper.
The reason why Erya was so proactive was that each undead represented a point of "experience points".
Erya had harvested ten million souls, which meant that the death toll in the Razed Land was even higher.
According to the origin, number, and identity of the souls, Danny estimated that more than eighty-five percent of the people in the Razed Land had died.
The Zebra people were even worse than the Razed Land. Almost all of them were wiped out.
The deviant ghosts had fulfilled the great wish of the Son of Heaven, Luo Bao. Thousands of ghouls washed the Zebra tribe on the grassland like water washing the soil on a radish.
Ninety-nine percent of the hundred thousand Zebra Horsemen that had come south to Yidu had perished. Only a few hundred Zebra Horsemen had managed to escape to Yidu.
The Zebra Tribe's Jahata died in battle amidst the countless undead that couldn't be killed. The Zebra Tribe's Grand Master, the Great God Horse, became a Mage Ghoul that could use the Ice Attribute Ability …
It could be said that even if the human race had another era, the Zebra people were done for.
The Zebra people were not the only human race that had been wiped out.
Jade Sea City and the central cities of Ursus didn't even have the chance to receive free atonement scrolls, but they still sent hundreds of thousands of new residents to the Seven Hells — merchants.
During this time, countless races disappeared from human civilization forever.
Dragon Queen's guess of 20 million was only the lowest estimate. Perhaps the real figure was 30 million, 40 million, or even 50 million?
.....
"For the Holy Mother, for the living! The Holy Knight's roar resounded from the city walls, and the battle to defend the city began.
"Warrior's blessing, Holy Mother's protection!"
"Weng ~ Weng ~ Weng ~" After another loud roar, the Holy Knight's longsword glowed with a layer of pure and warm Holy Light.
As Dragon Queen's Song of Light neared perfection, the Holy Knight's control over the Holy Light became more flexible and flexible.
Unknowingly, the Holy Light enveloping the weapon had become an important test for a Level 1 Holy Knight.
"Kill!"
"Kill —"
The greatsword infused with Holy Light easily sliced the Ghouls that were climbing up the wooden ladder into two. Sparks were still flying out from the wounds of the broken corpses.
The wooden ladder tactic that Dragon Queen came up with in Winterfell had already been proven to be the safest tactic in a city defense battle.
Yes, it wasn't the most efficient, but the safest and most controllable.
Denzel stood beside Archbishop Hagan and helped the Archbishop guard a wooden ladder.
The Archbishop was close to 60 years old, but he still wore a chainmail and wielded a warhammer that glowed with Holy Light. Every time he smashed open the head of a Ghoul, he would shout, "Mighty Heavenly Dragon".
Denzel followed suit. After the Dragon Crystal Spear pierced into the Ghoul's eye socket, he shouted, "Mighty Heavenly Dragon!"
Although he wasn't even a Priest, and although he still didn't know what kind of Divine Art the Mighty Heavenly Dragon represented, he couldn't help but want to shout.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but other than the shout being particularly imposing, after he shouted it, he seemed to be stronger and his body didn't feel tired anymore.
"Mighty Heavenly Dragon!" On the city wall, all the armed forces of the Church started shouting. Then, the city guards and the militia followed suit.
For a moment, at the east city gate where the zombie tide was the fiercest, the humans were united and their morale was high.
But Pentos had more than one east city gate …
"Dang dang dang ~ ~ ~"
Only 15 minutes had passed since the Ghouls attacked the city. From the north and west city gates came the fierce sound of gongs and the terrified screams of soldiers.
"North City Wall 6 has fallen!"
"West City Wall 3 has fallen!"
Pentos had few defenders because Braavos didn't allow it to have too strong a defense force. But the city of Pentos itself wasn't small. So, the long city wall was divided into many areas. Each section of the wall was marked with a number, and then a Church was assigned to it. The priests and generals led the ordinary soldiers to guard it.
Yes, an unlimited responsibility system. If a section of the wall was breached, the people would pay with their lives.
For example, the Church of the Seven Gods was in charge of the second, third, fourth, and fifth sections of the east city wall.
"North City Wall 6 belongs to the Church of Earth and Sea. How could it fall?" Archbishop Hagan turned his head and looked at the corner of the north and east city walls in disbelief. It was indeed a mess. In the thick cold fog, the torches were extinguished one by one.
"Priest Neymar," he shouted to an old armored Priest beside him. "The Whale Head God from the Trembling Sea has taken over the Church of Earth and Sea, right?"
"Yes, they have the support of God. They shouldn't have fallen so quickly." Neymar understood the archbishop's doubts, but he was also puzzled.
The city's guardian god must be stationed at the periphery of the city. Today, the deviants attacked the city, and Pentos was facing a life and death crisis. In theory, the God of Earth and Sea had to climb the city wall personally to fight for the city.
So, the north city wall should have been the safest area.
The south of Pentos was the sea. The south of the city was the docks and the commercial area. The north city belonged to the nobles. Many royalty and trading princes lived there.
"Your Excellency, the third section of the west city wall has also fallen. That's the defensive area of the Church of the Red Gods." Denzel's face was pale. "The situation is not right. Why did the two most powerful sections of the wall fall first?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Sir Arthur rebuked angrily. "We are the strongest."
Hagan smashed another ghoul's head with his hammer. With a serious expression, he said, "It doesn't matter who is the strongest, but Denzel's concern is very reasonable."
"Be careful!" Before he finished speaking, his face suddenly changed. His eyes flashed with a golden light. He shouted, "There is a high-energy magic reaction in front. There is a powerful monster hiding among the ghouls!"
"Be careful, a demon god is trying to ambush us!" Archbishop Hagan came to a realization.
"Demon? How can there be a demon? "Neymar's expression was distorted. He screamed," Wildfire bombs, throw wildfire bombs immediately! "
Denzel and the rest of the beggar army did not know what was going on, but they quickly threw out wildfire flasks the size of a melon.
"Boom boom boom!" The wooden ladder burned. The ghouls' corpses at the bottom of the wooden ladder burned. The green and dark red flames formed a moat of smoke and fire outside the city.
But in the next moment, the red flames on the corpses and wooden ladder gradually extinguished. The wildfire was like a candle in the wind, swaying and dimming.
The torches and braziers on the city wall were extinguished row by row. From near to far, even the houses behind the city wall were dark. Then, the residents screamed in panic.
Some of the demon gods activated their ice domain. The fire elements were gradually repelled.
The cold fog surged toward the east city wall like a tsunami. When the exposed skin around the eyes of the warriors came into contact with the cold fog, they felt a needle-like pain. In just a moment, a layer of white frost hung over their eyelids.
"Hehehe …" The cold fog was so dark that one could not even see their own fingers. But accompanied by a soul-freezing laughter, a pair of blue eyes the size of bronze bells rose.
"As expected of a cultivator of the seven gods. You're much stronger than the archbishops of the churches. Before I even got close to the city wall, I was already discovered by you.
But I'm curious. What kind of detection divine art did you use from so far away? "
"The power of the seven gods is limitless. How can a traitor like you understand it?" Archbishop Hagan's eyes widened in anger.
More than half a year had passed. Countless large cities were clearly prepared, but they still fell to the zombie tide at an incomprehensible speed. It happened again and again. Gradually, some secrets were no longer kept secret.
For example, after Extraordinaires became ghouls, they would become ice mages.
For example, there were deviant ghosts and demigods in the ghouls' army. They were once the gods of this world, but they accepted the power of the Frost God and transformed themselves into the Frost God.
Of course, the news that those who had seen the Frost God had become the living dead was only spread among the upper echelons of the major churches. Even the Dragon Queen was not 100% sure.
Today was the first time Hagan and the others had seen the gods and deviant ghosts.
"Traitor …" The gods and deviant ghosts laughed coldly. Cold air surged toward the city wall like a tidal wave. The wildfire was finally extinguished.
"Kacha kacha …" As long as the stone city wall and the people on the city wall came into contact with the cold fog, a thin layer of light blue frost would immediately form on their bodies.
Denzel's teeth chattered. The heat and vitality in his body were like happy drinks in a small Coke cup. They were sucked forcefully by the oily mouth with the straw in it.
In the blink of an eye, the bottom of the cup let out a dry sound.
"Almighty Heavenly Dragon, Holy ~ Mother ~ God ~ Palm ~"
Suddenly, Archbishop Hagan's voice boomed in his ears like thunder.
"Holy Mother's Palm?" The evil god exclaimed. The blue eyes in the cold fog were quickly distancing themselves from the city wall.
After the Frost Evil God retreated, the cold fog and cold air disappeared as well. Denzel came back to life. He looked at the archbishop expectantly, hoping that he would leap up and fly into the air to unleash a palm technique that would descend from the sky.
"~ Palm ~" Archbishop Hagan merely assumed the posture of the Holy Mother's Palm. He dragged out the word, "Palm ~"
Denzel did not know that the archbishop had such good lung capacity.
"~ Palm ~, huff huff huff …" Finally, Hagan stopped and panted. He said hesitantly, "Sigh, Holy Mother's Palm … I don't know how to use it. What a pity!"
"What?!" The surrounding believers and militia were on the verge of breaking down.
"I don't know how to use Holy Mother's Palm," Archbishop Hagan said awkwardly. "I've watched too many dramas in 'Journey to the East', and I've always put myself in the role of the archbishop of Seven Treasures.
It's like a street kid shouting slogans. I've subconsciously shouted it as well. After shouting it, I realized that it wasn't right, but I was too embarrassed to change it immediately. I could only … sigh! "
The expressions of Denzel and the others contorted.
"Bald ~ Donkey ~ Hagan!" In the distance, the evil god roared into the sky. "How dare you make fun of me. I'll skin you alive!"
The cold fog surged forward at a speed faster than when it retreated.
"Demon, don't think that I'm bluffing." Hagan did not show any fear. Instead, he sat cross-legged with a solemn expression. "Holy Mother of Mercy, Pentos can't be defended any longer. Your Majesty, please descend!"
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